• Assian_Candor [comrade/them]
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    21 days ago

    Verb tense

    "My dog farted and it stank" already happened "My dog farted and it stinks" currently happening

    Stink is also a noun, like "Kamala Harris's campaign has that loser stink about it that gives echoes of 2016"

    Usage is a bit different in AAVE though so these are not hard and fast rules

  • ThermonuclearEgg [she/her, they/them]
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    20 days ago

    The most important difference is that neither of them are "stunk". This is best demonstrated in the classic piece of literature "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" (1966).

  • chungusamonugs [he/him]
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    20 days ago

    Stink is what you smell when the garbage needs to be taken out. Stank is what you smell you exercise outside in the heat and get swamp ass.